![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/from-reduced-cancer-risk-to-beating-stress-eight-ways-that-having-sex-can-help-you-live-longer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hands-female-male-lying-bed-770653303.jpg&description=LUST FOR LIFE From reduced cancer risk to beating stress, eight ways that having sex can help you live longer HEALTH may not be top of your list when it comes to having sex, but experts say getting it on can actually help you live longer. From heart health to memory, fighting infections and strengthening your immune system, a romp promises surprising benefits for both body and mind. 3 Sex brings benefits for your body and mind and even helps you to live longer Credit: Getty In April, a Japanese study revealed men with a high sex drive live longer than their peers. Researchers took data from 8,500 men over seven years and found that those who were interested in sex at the start of the study had a 69 per cent lower risk of dying by the end of it. Doctors agree and today Sun on Sunday Health reveals exactly how fooling around can prolong your life and improve your physical and mental health. Dr Jenny Ellenbogen, NHS and ZoomDoc Health GP, said: 'Sex, as part of a consensual and healthy relationship, can offer many physical and mental health benefits that can help you to live longer, and the good news is it doesn't even matter how long you last in the bedroom. 'Even a few seconds or minutes is good for you. Doing the deed gets your heart rate going and brings a host of other benefits that might surprise you. 'Sex is not just about pleasure or making babies, it can also significantly influence our well-being. "Whether you do it once a week, monthly or daily, there are a long list of ways it keeps you healthier and living longer.' Here, Dr Ellenbogen reveals eight of them . . . IMPROVED HEART HEALTH: Sex is a form of physical activity and can help get your blood pumping around the body, improving cardiovascular health and decreasing the risk of big killers like high blood pressure and heart attacks. Most sex sessions offer the equivalent heart benefits to doing some light gardening. If you do it as often as four or five times a week then it adds up to more like walking a){kind=link}
HEALTH may not be top of your list when it comes to having sex, but experts say getting it on can actually help you live longer.
From heart health to memory, fighting infections and strengthening your immune system, a romp promises surprising benefits for both body and mind.
In April, a Japanese study revealed men with a high sex drive live longer than their peers.
Researchers took data from 8,500 men over seven years and found that those who were interested in sex at the start of the study had a 69 per cent lower risk of dying by the end of it.
Doctors agree and today Sun on Sunday Health reveals exactly how fooling around can prolong your life and improve your physical and mental health.